Authors: Annapurna Menon, Arshita Nandan and Jo Krishnakumar “Without community there is no liberation .. but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretence that these differences do not exist” (Audre Lorde) During this period…
...read more
Author: Dr Kathryn Waddington The need for compassion in our universities, and more widely in society and for the planet is an urgent one; the neoliberal universities of the 21st century have been described as “anxiety machines”. The charity Student…
...read more
By Karen Jackson, University of Westminster and Oleksandr Shepotylo, Aston University During the G7 summit in Cornwall, the group of nations unveiled a global initiative to help low and middle-income countries to cover the vast cost of green infrastructure. Intended as a green…
...read more
Author: Prof. Pippa Catterall It is good to see that diversity and inclusion in the public spaces have been widely discussed over the last years Because of COVID-19, people had to deal with multiple lockdowns, and we have all become used to having less…
...read more
Counselling skills, such as effective listening, communicating with clarity, building rapport, being empathetic and facilitating change, are in demand more than they have ever been. They are valuable not only for those who wish to become professional counsellors or therapists,…
...read more
What is the best way to show people who are having a tough time that they are not alone? How could small conversations save lives? Where can you get support if you are feeling down? With seemingly endless COVID-19 lockdowns,…
...read more
American Democracy bends, but does not break. The United States of America does not have a monopoly on Western liberal democracy, but even as a non-American one recognises its role in the 20th century as a figurehead that was…
...read more